>> I don't remember him being lauded as a hero, in fact far from it surely?.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15507826
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2055045/Jimmy-Savile-dead-DJ-Jimll-Fix-It-presenter-dies-home-aged-84.html
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/10/29/jimmy-savile-dead-from-yo_n_1065121.html
Quite a bit of lauding went on. Knowing what we know, it's possible to perceive some clues in the eulogising, especially the Huffpost piece.
My father knew him in the late 40's/early 50's maybe through cycling, and would practically spit at the mention of Savile's name. Dad never said why he loathed Savile so much.
Savile had all but confessed to Louis Theroux, who knew he had a secret but couldn't quite grasp the full horror of the man at the time.
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